What BUGS Means
BUGS is a form of BUG, which means:
- noun: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- noun: a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- verb: annoy persistently“The children teased the boy because of his stammer”
- verb: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information“The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BUGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 G2 S1.
Anagrams of BUGS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BUGS
10 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing BUGS
BUGS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.